There is a strengthening consensus that London requires an extra runway to help burden some of the pressure on its air capacity.
Many options have been exercised and discussed, including a second runway at Stansted Airport in Essex, another runway at Heathrow and even a whole new airport dubbed ‘Boris Island’ in the Thames Estuary.
Though Stansted appears to be off the ag...

Culture can­not flourish if individuals do not sustain it. Whether it’s a beautiful or horrific culture, it does not exist without one individual after another choosing to support it.
For me, the culture that I want to live and work in is achieved through what I value most: values like honesty, fairness, and promot­ing success for everyone involved in and related to my organ...

German automotive giant Volkswagen is to invest more than $107 billion (€85 million) in the space of five years as it looks to overtake Toyota and become the world’s most prolific car manufacturer.
The owner of Audi, Skoda and Porsche is already Europe’s largest producer, and now second in the world having passed America’s General Motors. The new five year plan invo...

It is becoming ever clearer that demand for chocolate is comfortably outstripping supply, with chocolate makers Mars and Barry Callebaut issuing warnings over the current deficit.
The numbers are stark. Last year around 70,000 tons more cocoa was eaten than produced, and the two chocolate giants say this could rise to one million tons by 2020, and two millions by 2030. That would represen...

Power Clouds is a project determined to change the course of renewable energy production.
Only the most determined climate change sceptics will deny the need to look beyond finite resources for out planet’s energy needs, and harnessing the power generated by the Sun is already among the most widely used alternative methods.
Power Clouds is a communal solar power initiative wher...

It’s no surprise that January heralds the time for people to reflect on their lifestyle, after the excesses of Christmas have died down.
For many, this might mean joining a gym or looking for a new challenge at work, for others it could signal the start of a new career. As a result, keeping staff motivated and loyal during the festivities – and beyond – can be a challeng...

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary wants to challenge TripAdvisor, the world’s leading travel review website.
The boss of Europe’s second-busiest airline believes that there is no place for such review sites to act as standalone authorities, instead envisioning a version embedded into Ryanair’s own webpages along with a price comparison service.
While bei...

Netto is back. In a joint venture with Sainsbury’s the discounter opened its first store in Leeds this week as the mainstream supermarkets take on the ever-popularising Aldi and Lidl.
On unveiling its first new outlet, Netto has said it will “set new standards for discount retailing in the UK”, bring the best of Danish to compete with its German counterparts.
The pa...

Even though economies are gradually improving after years of recession, there is still a strong focus on driving costs out of organisations. Outsourcing continues to be a popular option for companies looking to gain the benefits of specialist knowledge and experience at a price that is not prohibitive.
The pace of technological development has opened up new, cheaper service delivery model...

It’s not simple to be a great CEO. But to become a great one, simplify. Focus on a single priority that promises both to make you more effective as a leader and happier as a person.
That priority is trust.
My organization, the Great Place to Work Institute, has been conducting research into what makes for great workplaces and great leaders for more than two decades. We have dis...

The final assembly of Airbus’ first A330 with the new 242 tonne maximum take-off-weight (MTOW) capability is underway at the A330 Final Assembly Line in Toulouse, France.
The aircraft is currently completing its structural assembly before the cabin integration phase and will be used for certification flight trials. A second aircraft is being assembled in parallel which is destined f...

Larry Page, co-founder and Chief Executive of Google, the world’s most successful online company, believes that governments across Europe are not investing enough in developing technology.
In an interview with the UK’s Financial Times, Page said that the continent risks falling behind other parts of the world unless more resources are channelled into becoming smarter and more ...

Few will deny the likely correlation between workforce happiness and productivity.
According to employee happiness research specialist Happiness Works, a business with contented workers will see a 10 percent drop in absenteeism, a 10 percent reduction in turnover rate and a five percent increase in productivity.
The Happiness at Work Survey is based on 12 years of research with the l...

Jeremy Roche, 49, is boss of cloud-based financial applications company FinancialForce.com. The UK-based CEO took time out of his crammed schedule to tell us more about himself and his journey to date.
BR EME: Where were you educated? What did you enjoying learning the most/least?
JR: William Hulme Grammar, Manchester. Thames Polytechnic, London. I particularly enjoyed History and...

When Ray Kroc first saw the restaurant run by the McDonald brothers, Richard and Maurice, in 1954, he was impressed by the efficiency of their operations.
Kroc, a milkshake machine salesman, got a bulk order from the San Bernardino, CA restaurant and he got curious so he checked it out.
He knew the system could be replicated across the U.S. and bought the business from the brothers w...